Mar 28, 2024

On this special day you will experience how chores were completed by the entire family in the 1800’s to early 1900’s. This day is based on the book Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It is recommended (not required) that you read the book prior to the event.Students will learn how to do farm chores including laundry, plowing and planting a field, feeding the chickens, rug beating, and milking Buttermilk the Cow (our mechanical milking machine). Visit the Blacksmith and learn how he turns metal into useful products. Meet the farm animals: pigs, goats, sheep, ducks, Poncho the donkey and more! Explore the Schoolhouse. Enjoy a wagon ride around the farm! Learn teamwork as you form your own bucket brigade at Pittman Creek. Tour the Young House with The Fabric of Our Lives exhibit. This exhibit showcases artifacts that were used to process wool and cotton into cloth. Take part in a scavenger hunt across the 4-acre farmstead. Wilson House will not be open for this event.
More Info

1900 W 15th St
Plano, Tx, TX 75075
Phone: 9728810140
Email: kathy@heritagefarmstead.org
Cost: $5 - $12
Attendance: 350
Reocurrence: Twice a year
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm Grounds close at 2pm